Professor Snape, who seemed to have attained new levels of vindictiveness over the summer, gave Nevihle detention, and Neville returned from it in a state of nervous collapse, having been made to disembowel a barrel full of horned toads.

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She was the first woman to attain the rank of general.

They hope to attain effective law and order in the region before withdrawing troops.